Have China's provinces achieved their targets of energy intensity reduction? Reassessment based on nighttime lighting data

Zhang, P; Shi, XP; Sun, YP; Cui, J; Shao, S

Have China's provinces achieved their targets of energy intensity reduction? Reassessment based on nighttime lighting data

Zhang, P Shi, XP

Sun, YP Cui, J Shao, S

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Citation:: Energy Policy, 2019, 128 pp. 276 - 283
Issue Date:: 2019-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zhang, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shi, XP https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sun, YP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cui, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shao, S	en_US
dc.date.available	2021-05-18T19:01:46Z
dc.date.issued	2019-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Energy Policy, 2019, 128 pp. 276 - 283	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4215	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135392
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Energy intensity has been a major assessment indicator in the design of energy saving policies, and it is one of the eight binding indicators of the target responsibility system for officials’ performance evaluation in the 11th Five-Year Plan in China. However, the accuracy of measurement of energy intensity depends to a large extent on the reliability of GDP data. This paper revises the GDP growth rate with nighttime lighting data and recalculates the rate of energy intensity reduction for each province during the 11th Five-Year Plan in China. Our results show that the GDP growth rate of some provinces has been exaggerated. Further, although the energy intensity of all provinces showed a significant downward trend during the 11th Five-Year Plan, some provinces failed to meet the target of energy intensity reduction. These results suggest that when designing energy conservation policies, cross-evaluation indicators should be included to improve the effective implementation of policies.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Policy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.014	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Energy	en_US
dc.title	Have China's provinces achieved their targets of energy intensity reduction? Reassessment based on nighttime lighting data	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	128	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
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Abstract:

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Energy intensity has been a major assessment indicator in the design of energy saving policies, and it is one of the eight binding indicators of the target responsibility system for officials’ performance evaluation in the 11th Five-Year Plan in China. However, the accuracy of measurement of energy intensity depends to a large extent on the reliability of GDP data. This paper revises the GDP growth rate with nighttime lighting data and recalculates the rate of energy intensity reduction for each province during the 11th Five-Year Plan in China. Our results show that the GDP growth rate of some provinces has been exaggerated. Further, although the energy intensity of all provinces showed a significant downward trend during the 11th Five-Year Plan, some provinces failed to meet the target of energy intensity reduction. These results suggest that when designing energy conservation policies, cross-evaluation indicators should be included to improve the effective implementation of policies.

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